Search.searchnda.com Removal Guide

Search.searchnda.com is a browser hijacker, and as such it tries to make easy money by displaying commercial advertisements during your web browsing sessions. These advertisements are annoying and potentially dangerous because no one can really say where you would be redirected if you click them. Computer security experts urge users to remove Search.searchnda.com and everything associated with it from their computers because browser hijackers can easily develop into something nasty. At the bottom of this article, you will find the manual removal instructions you can use to terminate the application. For further questions, do not hesitate to contact us by leaving a comment.

Perhaps you are wondering what we mean by “everything associated with it.” It obviously means that Search.searchnda.com is not the only unwanted application that has been installed on your computer. There is no direct source that would be responsible for distributing this hijacker, so it is clear that the program comes bundled with freeware from third-party sites. And even if you wanted to install a particular application from a random website, you have to keep in mind that quite a few other applications might come with it. And those programs might not be useful or good. After all, this is how you got infected with Search.searchnda.com.

So what can be done to avoid similar mishaps in the future? For starters, it is important to recognize potential security issues behind downloading programs from file-sharing sites. If you can find the same program you need on an official website, it is better to download it from the official source. Second, it is necessary to check all the steps in the installation wizard. A third-party installer often contains clauses about the additional programs and features that are about to be added to your system or browser. If you do not skip them, you should be able to deselect the programs you do not need or want. Finally, before launching a third-party installer, you can always scan it with a security application, to see if it can be trusted.

According to our research, Search.searchnda.com affects Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox. The browser hijacker will modify your default homepage and search engine settings. After that, the application will start monitoring your online activity, and it will soon know what you usually search for, and which websites you frequent. Actually, this is something quite a few popular websites do. They collect personally non-identifiable data to customize your online experience, but Search.searchnda.com does that to generate custom commercial content.

Some of that content could be malicious because the hijacker does not double-check it. Technically, it provides the advertising space, and almost anyone could make use of that. So if you click on links provided by this hijacker without any second thought, you could end up being redirected to suspicious sites that are exploited by malware creators.

Of course, going from a browser hijacker to a genuine malware infection is quite a leap, but it is possible. So the sooner you remove Search.searchnda.com from your system, the better. If you think manual removal is too much of a challenge for you, please acquire a security application that will terminate the hijacker for you automatically. Do everything it takes to protect your computer and your personal information from malicious exploitation.

How to Delete Search.searchnda.com

Internet Explorer

1. Press Win+R and the Run prompt will open.
2. Type regedit into the Open box and click OK.
3. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. On the right pane, right-click the Start Page value.
5. Choose Modify and edit the homepage address. Click OK.
6. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.
7. Change the following values:
   FaviconURL
   FaviconURLFallback
   TopResultURL
   URL REG_SZ

Chrome

1. Press Win+R and enter %LocalAppData% into the Open box.
2. Press OK and navigate to Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
3. Delete the Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data files.

Firefox

1. Press Win+R and type %AppData%. Press Enter.
2. Open Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[User Profile].
3. Find and open the prefs.js file.
4. Delete this string: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http:// Search.searchnda.com ");
5. Save changes and exit the file.